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Post by phantas on Feb 13, 2019 8:46:46 GMT -5
Great song, not her best ever. I like it a lot tho, it just feels a bit at war with itself: does it want to evoke spirituality or is it merely secular? Does it want to ber a boisterous powersong or a Winter infused bop?
Having said that tho, I like the epic sound :-)
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Nov 29, 2021 15:25:55 GMT -5
Until I read that Enya sings 'Agnus Dei', I was wondering what the lyric was. I thought it was more related to trains, ' a new station' ...! Agnus Dei, or Lamb of God in Latin, is probably in reference to Jesus; 'the star alone' about the star guiding the Wise Men to baby Jesus and Mary.
It is one of the more contemporary Enya songs, the instrumentation is the most noticeable part of the song, as well as the bridge. I suppose the lyrics don't intend to be overly religious, but to give a subtle reminder of the Nativity and linking the long train journey in the wintery rain (sort of modern-day) to the Wise Men journeying for ages until Epiphany to find Jesus, long ago. I quite like the song; like Orinoco Flow, I believe I might had heard it when I was little, before I knew of Enya. On a separate note, I must have heard her mentioned before I knew the music, but didn't notice. Also odd was that in music lessons in early highschool, we repeatedly watched School of Rock, and I didn't take notice of the line mentioning a concert hall's sort of music "Beethoven, Mozart...Enya", haha. (I probably saw that around the time of Dark Sky Island's promotion too, if only I'd have searched for Enya's music then...) Enya performed Trains and Winter Rains quite a lot in November 2008, I probably heard it (was shown quite early in the morning in the UK so probably not), on the Children In Need programme that year www.youtube.com/watch?v=owNkTWEtawA I voted that the song's great
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Post by Suvi on Dec 1, 2021 7:25:49 GMT -5
Well, for me the Agnus Dei idea doesn't quite work, yes it is Christian but it being part of the normal Mass liturgy, it isn't particularly nativity-related as such. The star reference isn't very straighforward either, it is a very subtle reference to Christmastime IMHO and maybe a bit far-fetched.
Suvi
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Dec 1, 2021 16:06:35 GMT -5
Well, for me the Agnus Dei idea doesn't quite work, yes it is Christian but it being part of the normal Mass liturgy, it isn't particularly nativity-related as such. The star reference isn't very straighforward either, it is a very subtle reference to Christmastime IMHO and maybe a bit far-fetched. Suvi Perhaps the star idea is a bit far-fetched; I heard/read about that interpretation of the line in the song before, but not sure from which website exactly. I'd agree the Agnus Dei repeat doesn't work in the way it might have been intended to, and the fact that it is sung all year round as part of the ordinary Mass anyway doesn't immediately signify the nativity. Its lyrics are slightly ambiguous, but overall I quite like the song for its musical arrangement.
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Post by alrik on Dec 18, 2021 8:22:49 GMT -5
I love this somg ... so much imagination ... Every time I listen to this song, a whole field opens up before my mind's eye ... a white field, with trains crossing it ...
Ages ago, it seems, we once had this writing challenge at Creative Arts ... And there, I write this story for the song ... I still love it ...
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